Snow crash
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Bantam Books, 1992.
Physical Desc:
440 pages : ill. ; 24 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure:
970L
Rating:
970
Status:
Description
Now featuring never-before-seen material, the “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don’t dare leave their mansions.
Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse, where his avatar is legendary.
But in the club known as The Black Sun, his fellow hackers are being felled by a weird new drug called Snow Crash that reduces them to nothing more than a jittering cloud of bad digital karma (and IRL, a vegetative state).
Investigating the Infocalypse leads Hiro all the way back to the beginning of language itself, with roots in an ancient Sumerian priesthood. He’ll be joined by Y.T., a fearless teenaged skateboard courier. Together, they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination.
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don’t dare leave their mansions.
Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse, where his avatar is legendary.
But in the club known as The Black Sun, his fellow hackers are being felled by a weird new drug called Snow Crash that reduces them to nothing more than a jittering cloud of bad digital karma (and IRL, a vegetative state).
Investigating the Infocalypse leads Hiro all the way back to the beginning of language itself, with roots in an ancient Sumerian priesthood. He’ll be joined by Y.T., a fearless teenaged skateboard courier. Together, they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination.
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SCIENCE FICTION Stephenson, N.
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Sutter County Main Branch
SCIENCE FICTION Stephenson, N.
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780553380958, 055308853X, 0553380958, 0553351923
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7, 27 Points
Level 7, 27 Points
Lexile measure:
970
Notes
General Note
"A Bantam spectra book"--T.p. verso.
Target Audience
970,Lexile.
Target Audience
970L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.0,27.0,45548.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7,27,45548.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Stephenson, N. (1992). Snow crash. New York, Bantam Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Stephenson, Neal. 1992. Snow Crash. New York, Bantam Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Stephenson, Neal, Snow Crash. New York, Bantam Books, 1992.
MLA Citation (style guide)Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash. New York, Bantam Books, 1992.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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